Match folder



M. A. HAMMOND MATCH FOLDER Filed Dec, 29, 192e Sept. 6 1927.

Patented Sept. 6, 1927.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MELISSA A. HAMMOND, OF HOPKINSVILLE, KENTUCKY.

MATCH FOLDER.

This invent-ion relatesA to an improved article of manufacture which I propose to entitle a match-folder.

Briefly, the invention has reference to a folder which' is made from a card-board blank and folded into half sections, the longitudinal edge portions of which are constructed to permit them to be separably connected, and there being match retainers carried by the inner faces of saidr halves.

My primary object is to produce an exceptionally handy contrivance of this character constructed with a View towards promoting low oost of manufacture and sale while maintaining qualities desirable in an article of this character.

The specific structural features and advantages accruing therefrom will become more readily apparent from the following detailed description and accompanying drawing.

In the drawings Figure 1 is an exterior view of the folded article as it appears for pocket use,

:5 Fig. 2 is an inside plan View showing the internal match retainers,

Fig.` 3 is an enlarged detail section.

In carrying out the invention I employ a cardboard blank of general rectangular con zo figuration in top plan view. I provide this at its center with a fold line 2 dividing the blank into a pair of symmetrical halfsections orfoldable halves 3 and 4. One longitudinal edge of the section 4 is notched out i5 as at 5 and provided with a finger-gripping tab as shown in Fig. 1. The longitudinal edge of the complemental section 3 is foldedover against the inner side and terminates in an outwardly olf-set retaining lip 6. This lo allows the notched edge of the part 4 to be folded beneath the lip for maintaining the sections in folded condition. Attached to the inner central portions of the halves are retainers 7 for the matches 8. I preferably employ two pairs of such retainers, there bemg a single pair for each half-section. Each retainer comprises a strip of corrugated paper board of desired resiliency which when glued or otherwise attached provides a multiplicity of open-ended cells for remov- 5o able reception of the matches. It will be noted that the matches are arranged so that the heads are together. The matches are of course proportioned with respect to the retainers to allow the outer ends to protrude a distance sufficient to permit them to be grasped for ready removal. By having the heads at the center they are prevented from becoming damp to a certain extent. Undoubtedly, by considering the' disclosure made in the drawings in connection with the vexplanatory description, a clear understanding of the invention as well as 'the advantages may be obtained. Therefore, a more lengthy description is thought unnecessary. Minor changes coming within the field of invention claimed may be resorted to if desired.

As a new product of manufacture, a match folder comprising a cardboard blank folded between its ends to provide a pair of overlappinr half-sections, the longitudinal outer edge of one section being folded over upon itself and terminating in a retaining lip, the corresponding edge of the other. section being adapted for disposition beneath said lip' and being provided with a linger tab, and a plurality of pairs of corrugated matchholders secured to the inner faces of said half sections, the corrugations of each pair being in spaced relation and providing a plurality of match cells open at their opposite ends.

v In testimony whereof I atIiX my signature.

MELISSA A. HAMMOND. 

